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Tonight on ESPN2, “Friday Night Fights” comes to a bittersweet conclusion as its 17-year run closes, while “Premier Boxing Champions” prepares for a July premiere. RingTV.com’s Michael Woods looks back with the show’s particulars.

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view event will generate record-breaking numbers, but given the disappointing nature of the fight, will the masses pay to see Mayweather in record numbers again? BWAA President Joseph Santoliquito posed this question to Larry Merchant, Max Kellerman and New York Daily News sports columnist Mike Lupica, among others.

The topic of Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao was broached, yet again, during an edition of HBO’s “The Fight Game,” when host Jim Lampley discussed with Max Kellerman the notion of a “two-network shared pay-per-view” to make the fight a reality.

Undefeated lightweight Terence Crawford lived up to high expectations by defending his WBO title with a ninth-round KO against previously unbeaten Yuriorkis Gamboa on Saturday in his hometown of Omaha, Neb.

RING middleweight champion Sergio Martinez called Miguel Cotto “a diva” and vowed to knock him out in the ninth round of their June 7 clash at Madison Square Garden on HBO’s debut of Face Off: Cotto-Martinez on Saturday night.

WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley and challenger Manny Pacquiao in Hollywood filming an episode of ‘Face Off with Max Kellerman’ ahead of their April 12 rematch. Photos by Chris Farina-Top Rank.

Although his lawsuit is ongoing with promoter Dan Goossen, RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward said manager James Prince is working on his next fight, which he anticipates will happen in March or April.

Tim Bradley weighed in at a ripped-and-ready looking 146 pounds for his Saturday WBO welterweight title defense against Juan Manuel Marquez on Friday in Las Vegas. Marquez weighed in at lean and muscular 144.5 pounds.